Community members have protested after over 200 herdsmen and their cows
arrived at Agu Obodo, Obeagwu Ozalla in Nkanu West Local Government Area
of Enugu State.
The community members said they were overwhelmed by over five trucks
that off-loaded the herdsmen, their families and cows in the community
and is asking the herdsmen to leave their land within three days as
their people can no longer go to their farms.
President-General of Ozalla Development Union, ODU, Chief Afam Ani, who
led the protesting women, youths and traditional rulers yesterday, said
the herdsmen’s arrival, weekend, caused considerable anxiety and panic
in the town, with his people living nearest to farm settlements
abandoning their farms and dwellings and taking refuge in other parts
of the town.
Ani narrated to newsmen that the herdsmen claimed they were evicted
from their previous settlements at Maryland in Enugu South Local
Government Area and decided to resettle in Ozalla.
The President-General disclosed that the herdsmen agreed to vacate the
community within three days, but that he is pleading with the security
agencies to help enforce the agreement.
Vanguard
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